do a job on (someone or something)

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do a job on (someone or something)

1. To have a harmful impact on someone or something. Considering her pessimism toward marriage, her last break-up must have really done a job on her.Ugh, your puppy did a job on my new shoes—they're completely chewed up!

2. Of a domesticated animal (typically a pet), to defecate on something. My cat used to always use her litter box, but she regularly does a job on the floor, unfortunately.

do a job on someone or something

1.Euph. to defecate on someone or something. (Note the variation in the second example.) The puppy did a job on the living-room carpet.It's supposed to do its job on the newspapers in the basement.

2.Sl. to damage someone or something; to mess up someone or something. The robbers really did a job on the bank guard. They beat him when they robbed the bank.The puppy did a job on my shoes. They are all chewed to pieces.

do a job on

Also, do a number on. Damage, harm, as in The cat really did a job on the upholstery, or The teacher did a number on the class with that assignment. This slangy idiom uses job (or number) in the sense of "something negative."

do a job on someone

mainly AMERICAN, INFORMAL

If one person does a job on another, the first person badly hurts or harms the second or defeats them completely. Look at your face! They sure did a job on you!Yankees pitchers did a job on Boston's two most valuable players.

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